Veterinarians from SANParks, the City of Cape Town and penguin experts from the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) immediately started investigating the possible cause of death.
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“The dead birds were transported to SANCCOB for postmortems, and biological samples were sent for disease and toxicology testing. No external physical injuries were observed on any of the birds,” SANParks said in a statement.
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